SCREENINGS

24.6., 18h & 22h, Slovenian Cinematheque, Miklošičeva 28

Thomas Aigelsreiter (Austria), Bomb! (2002), Short animation, Beta SP, b&w, 4 min
Born in Vienna (1972), Thomas Aigelsreiter is a graduate of a master class for graphic design at the HGBLVA Vienna. Since 1990, he has been working under the name AUGE as an illustrator, cartoonist and producer of animation films, including Flash movies for the Internet.

Bomb! deals with a certain established order and an element within this order that represents a potential threat to it. This constellation is sufficient to create the kind of tension common to moving images - a suspense that introduces a specific gradient of knowledge: the viewer is aware of the ever-present possibility of future catastrophe but cannot be sure it will actually occur.

Kerstin Cmelka (Austria), With me (2000), 16mm, color, silent, 3 min
Born in Mödling, Austria (1974), Kerstin Cmelka she has studied film at the Städelschule Frankfurt/Main since 1999. She has presented a number of exhibitions.

A woman is lying on a bed. Her double is stretched out next to her. She slowly turns to caress it, kissing and licking it until the two cuddle up to each other and the scene darkens.

Pierre-Yves Cruaud (France), Le Silence est en Marche (2001), b&w, vhs, 3:30
Pierre-Yves Cruaud has been writing, producing, directing and editing short films since 2000. His videos have been shown at many international festivals and won nine international awards.
Links: http://www.cruaud.net

Invisible barriers limit a human being's vital space. Will we be able to realize them and surmount them?

Karo Goldt (Austria), mir mig men (2002), sound: rashim, Beta SP, color, 5 min
Born in Günzburg, Austria (1967), Karo Goldt received his diploma from the School for Artistic Photography in Vienna and was awarded a fellowship at the Cité des Arts, Paris, in 2000. He has presented a number of photography exhibitions.

Photographs taken during an air show were used in the production of this video. These moments, frozen in time and digitally manipulated and animated, result in a "photo film," creating a broad field of association for innumerable scenarios involving war and other catastrophes.

Maia Gusberti ./Notdef (Switzerland), .airE (2001), sound: Stefan Németh, Beta SP, color, 5 min
Born in Bern (1971), Maia Gusberti studied graphic design at SFG Biel in Switzerland (1987/93). Since 1996, she has been studying at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna (in a master class with P. Weibel and K. Dudesek). She has been living and working in Vienna as a graphic designer since 1995.

.airE takes us on a journey along electric power lines. The camera, pointed skywards, removes them from the context of everyday perception. .airE can be interpreted as a study of everyday perception, while on a different level, it is also an essay on abstraction.

Nenad Kostić (Serbia and Montenegro), Atomic Watch (2002), Short animation, b&w, vhs, 1 min
Born in Belgrade (1975), Nenad Kostić is a student at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade.

The superpowers' constant signing of various disarmament treaties is just camouflage for an ever-increasing arms race. Atomic Watch is a short animation film that represents one minute of time during a nuclear destruction.

Caz McIntee (Scotland), Man's Search for Happiness (2002), colour, vhs, 6 min
Caz McIntee, who studied fine arts at the University of Dundee, Scotland and electronic art in Troy, New York, is currently participating in the residency program at the Center for Contemporary Art in Kitakyushu, Japan.

Man's Search for Happiness is a self-help video for genetically engineered children, who are indulging in biology-threatening activity (drugs, sex, etc.). The video helps them to refocus on the reasons they were created (to provide bioengineered medical sources) and turns them away from any biology-damaging experimentation.

Margarida Paiva (Portugal), No Subject (2002), colour, vhs, 3:40
A graduate of the Fine Arts Faculty at the University of Porto, Portugal (1995-2000) and a visiting student at the Art Academy in Trondheim, Norway (1999/2000), Margarida Paiva currently lives in Trondheim, where she works in the field of interactivity and video installation; she is a member of TEKS-Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre.

No Subject is a video about the emptiness of a person who exhibits behavior that oscillates between the common and the strange. It is a video about surveillance, but in this case it's the character's surveillance of herself. There's no distinction between what happens in reality and what happens in the character's head.

reMI (Austria), Enter the Devil (2000), Beta SP, color, 9 min
In their work, Renate Oblak (1972) and Michael Pinter (1969) concentrate primarily on digital sound, video and computer art.

Radical transformations inspired and assisted by reMI provide us with an aesthetic strategy for a crime: a break-in as the ultimate hack.

Michaela Schwentner (Austria), the_future_of_human_containment (2001), sound: Pure, Beta SP, b&w, 4 min
Born in Linz, Austria (1970), Michaela Schwentner studied philosophy, history, drama and media. She is engaged in making visuals, various concepts and realizations of exhibitions, concerts and club events.

Surveillance methods are normally intended to ensure definite identification of their object and the precise decoding of whatever information is contained in a message. the_future_of_human_containment could be seen as an antithesis of the growing amount of control obtained through omnipresent recording of information, as an aesthetic and acoustic encryption machine that generates its own indecipherable codes.

Tim Sharp (Scotland), Dar-el-Beida (1996), 16mm, b&w, 2:40
Tim Sharp, born in Perth, Scotland (1947), studied law and education at Nottingham and London Universities. Since 1978, he has been living and working as a visual artist in Vienna.

Dar-el-Beida concerns the feelings of refugees/outsiders, people who exist in an atmosphere of being threatened, get nowhere, but are always on the move, who have their identity reduced - in short, the powerless.

Hubert Sielecki (Austria), Air Fright (1995), 35mm, color, 8 min
Hubert Sielecki, born in Carinthia, Austria (1946), studied at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna and Lodz, Poland (1968-1973). Since 1982, he has held a lectureship for experimental animation film at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna. He founded ASIFA AUSTRIA (1984) and Animotion Films Vienna (1988).

"We are happy to have you on board, and hope that you have enjoyed the flight …"

Peter Tscherkassky (Austria), Outer Space (1999), 35mm, b&w, 10 min
Peter Tscherkassky, born in Vienna (1958), studied philosophy. In 1989 and 1995, he was the recipient of the National Award for the Art of Film. He teaches filmmaking at the Academies of Applied Arts in Vienna and Linz.

The premonition of a horror film, lurking danger. A woman, terrorized by an invisible and aggressive force, is also exposed to the audience's gaze, a prisoner in two senses. Found footage from Hollywood forms the basis for the film. Tscherkassky's dramatic frame-by-frame recycling, recopying and new exposure of the material fold the images and the rooms into each other. Outer Space is a shocker of cinematographic dysfunction, a hell-raiser of avant-garde cinema.

19. 6.-21. 6., 21.00 & 25. 6.-27. 6., 21.00,
Cyberpipe, Kersnikova 6

19. 6.: The Leech and the Earthworm;
20. 6.: Terminator Tomatoes & Fed up!;
21. 6.: The Leech and the Earthworm;
25. 6.: Terminator Tomatoes & Fed up!;
26. 6.: The Leech and the Earthworm;
27. 6.: Terminator Tomatoes & Fed up!

Max Pugh & Marc Silver, The Leech and the Earthworm (2002), Documentary, 72 min
This film exposes indigenous peoples' point of views on "biopiracy" - the new colonialism. Indigenous peoples voice their views on Western science - its vision of a genetically engineered future and its deep links with corporate profits, globalisation and colonisation. Combining passionate critiques of our potential futures and living alternatives to the globalized monoculture with music and visuals from around the world, this film takes its audiences on a journey into truths they thought disappeared long ago - inspiring and educating them to ask serious questions of the collective illusion we call "progress".
Links:
www.yeatsdirections.org.uk
www.ipcb.org

Suzanne Twining, Terminator Tomatoes (2001), Short animation, color, 5 min
Terminator Tomatoes is an award-winning short animated film about the dangers of biologically altered seeds and produce. Shot on 35mm color film, and using stop-motion animation puppets and miniature sets, the film tells the story of a farmer who gets to involved with a chemical corporation's idea of a tomato. The purpose of the film is to raise the public's awareness of genetically modified foods.
Links: www.videoproject.net

Angelo Sacerdote, Fed up! Genetic Engineering, Industrial Agriculture and Sustainable Alternatives (2002), Documentary, Wholesome Goodness Productions, 57:40
FED UP! presents an overview of our current food production system from the Green Revolution to the Biotech Revolution and what we can do about it. FED UP! explores the unintentional effects of pesticides, the resistance of biotechnology companies to food labeling and the links between government officials and major biotechnology and chemical companies. Through numerous interviews FED UP! answers many questions regarding genetic engineering, the Green Revolution, genetic pollution and modern pesticides. FED UP! also presents community supported agriculture and small-scale organic farming as real alternatives to agribusiness and industrial food.
Links: http://www.wholesomegoodness.org